Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 30/03/2007 21:05, Arthur Gershman wrote:
> Dear Capt. Kirk,
> According to Godwin's Law you lose the argument and the thread is over.
> Best regards,
> Art Gershman
> Ben Zoma said: Who is wise?  Those who learn from all people.  Pirkei 
> Avot 4:1

What on earth is Godwin's law? According to the law of natural justice I 
win, not least because I presented arguments which apparently destroyed 
my opponent's position and he refused to attempt to answer my arguments.

Well, I have found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law, which also 
states that "any such ulterior-motive invocation of Godwin's Law will be 
unsuccessful", so by invoking Godwin's law yourself you lose. Actually 
it was not myself but Ben who first introduced the Nazis into this 
thread, as I deliberately avoided attributing "a lie repeated often 
enough becomes the truth" to a Nazi so that its impact would not be blunted.

Please stop calling me Capt. Kirk. The only title I accept is Mr, but 
"Peter" is quite sufficient.

And please correct the clock on your computer.

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